Thomas John Carlson Paintings

Russell Gordon's "Tigress" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female tiger. Russell is a realist artist well known for his sumptuous...

Russell Gordon's "Bighorn Moonrise" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts big-horned sheep in a majestic purple landscape. Russell is a r...

Russell Gordon's "Security Breach" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a bird's nest. This piece is framed and ready to hang. Russell i...

Rose Freymuth-Frazier Wise Ones oil on linen 32h x 50w in 81.28h x 127w cm RFF059 Rose Freymuth-Frazier Employing the techniques of the past in the service of contemporary explorati...

Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a dreamy and beautiful scenery with some jellyfish and coral in deep ocean. Taking a close look, the shape of c...

Painted in the style reminiscent of the Old Master, Freymuth-Frazier brings the subject matter into the present. Here we see a woman - a self portrait - dressed in a sumptuous silk robe and gown, clutching a Persian cat yet with curlers in her hair. Painted during the early days of the pandemic, Rose takes her subjects from her surroundings, not necessarily her own experiences, but rather part of a larger experience of being a woman in today's society. Rose Freymuth-Frazier Midlife Madonna oil on linen 56h x 34w in 142.24h x 86.36w cm RFF047 Rose Freymuth-Frazier Employing the techniques of the past in the service of contemporary exploration, I seek to add a fresh voice to the sometimes venerable, sometimes dusty and archaic tradition of large-scale figurative painting, while subtly addressing the mythology, objectification and subjugation of women. My subjects are at first glance close to home-new mothers, friends, lovers, artists, dancers-but are then quickly placed at a distance via edgy modification, rigorous technique, minimal contexts and composition, and idiosyncratic use of color. I am also interested in social presentation, artifice, and simulation as they relate to my subjects. I hope to peel away a gossamer thin layer of reality, not just to document the real but also to reveal what might be. BIOGRAPHY Given my restless history, it is curious that I became a figurative painter in New York City. My maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed into the Dominican Republic, where they happily resided in a small orderly bungalow of their own design and made their living as studio photographer and cheese maker...

Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This is a vivid artwork full of childishness and playfulness, which is more like a scenery in a fairy tale. A small animal is sitting at the water edge, looking for something for fun. The shiny golden deer...

Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows us a beautiful bluish violet Iris, stretching its petals and blooming quietly. The duc...

Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a dreamy scenery, in which a deer with branches on its head is staring at some shiny j...

Artist Rose Freymuth Frazier presents "Pollinators" - two figures dressed in flowered suits, their faces obliterated by a swarm of butterflies flying inside glass helmets. Set upon a...

Rose Freymuth-Frazier Come In Peace oil on linen 50h x 70w in 127h x 177.80w cm RFF056 Rose Freymuth-Frazier Employing the techniques of the past in the service of contemporary expl...

Artist statement: My work as a figurative painter examines my experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are explicitly erotic in that they foc...